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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780451216342
ISBN number: 0451216342
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 240
Printing Date: September 06, 2005
Publishing house: Signet
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Jennifer Shane's brainchild of a shop, Custom Card Creations, hasn't been all glitter and tinsel. Customers are scarce and-after finally landing a client-Jennifer hears a murder over the phone. And when she receives a threatening note, it's clear someone has designs on her life, too. Now, between holding cardmaking lessons, trying to scissor her ex-fiancé out of her life, and piecing together a murder, Jennifer has really got her work cut out for her.
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I love this series so far. This very first book in the series, Invitation To Murder is great! With cozies it is important not to try and analyze too much and to just enjoy. I dont think it is such a far out idea that someone could make a living on a card making shop. I would definately recommend this to people who want a light and fun read.
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It was different from the ones I usually read. But I enjoyed and liked the instrucions for making a card. Gives me a new craft to start working on. Will enjoy reading the others in the series
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A rubber stamp store in Western New York was started just this way and its busy as all get out, and the owner makes a FINE living!!
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Is there really such a demand for custom hand-designed cards that someone could invest their life savings in a business and make a living supporting themselves out of it? And is this type of business really conducive to an amateur sleuth series? It's nice that the author has a hobby she enjoys so much that she wants to turn it into a series, but I just don't see how this series can go very far with this premise.
I thought the mystery itself was pretty straightfoward, with the culprit obvious almost from the beginning. I also found some of the character relationships silly -- Bradford and his aunt Lillian don't talk because she ate his banana pudding when he was a kid? Sara Lynn leaves her husband to move in with her sister who's in danger? I also found it a tad annoying how the characters always referred to each other by their relationship rather than their names since there weren't all that many of them and they're all related to each other.
I'll give the subsequent installment a shot, but I just don't see this theme holding my interest for very long.
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Jennifer Shane has recently opened a card-making business, Custom Card Creations. Her big sister has a scrapbooking business down the street and their brother is the town sheriff. Neither of them thought her store was a good decision. But, she did it any way.
Jennifer overhears a murder on the phone. Her brother says there isn't much he can do with the sketchy information she has.
In the meantime, Jennifer lands her very first custom order. She is thrilled as there hasn't been much traffic in her store.
Jennifer receives a threatening note. Her sister and brother worry she's in danger. So she invites her eccentric aunt Lillian to help her in the store. Jennifer begins teaching Lillian about card-making. Lillian takes to it right away.
It turns out the victim was to be the maid of honor in the wedding Jennifer is designing invitations for. Jennifer ends up trying to figure out who the murdered is. She finds herself with more threats.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Jennifer and Lillian are a great team. I can't wait to read about more of their escapades. The detail in the books about card making is great too. Such a fun read.
I highly recommend this book.
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